HOME IMPROVEMENT Project Monsters Second Status Report Reporting period: Feb 15-April 10, 2005 Project Manager: Hakki Isik Team members: Chad Harms Yilmaz Bayazit Nazimah Abdul Rahim Asziliawati Ramli

PROJECT DESCRIPTION Project justification: Hakki Isik, the project sponsor, was not happy with his living room. He would like to replace the carpet in the living room with hardwood floor. He believes replacing the carpet and painting the walls will make the living room look better. Project scope: To do a makeover of the living room at Hakki’s house. Cost estimate: $1,500 Time goal: Feb 15 to May 6, 2005

FLOORINGTYPESCONSIDERED LAMINATEFLOORING Cheaper than hardwood HARDWOODFLOORING Very high quality

FLOORING TYPES cont’d MAPLE Price: $3.17/sqft RED OAK Price: $3.17/sqft COLONIAL OAK Price: $2.99/sqft REAL MAPLE WOOD Price: $6.49/sqft LAMINATE FLOORING HARDWOOD FLOORING

Decided to go with the real hardwood flooring –More expensive, but the project sponsor wanted the living room floor to match the kitchen floor. –Kitchen floor has real maple hardwood floor. SELECTION Kitchen floor

Stapling Gluing Floating –Method of choice –Easier INSTALLATION METHODS

WORK COMPLETED Walls painted from white to light weight beige BEFOREAFTER

WORK COMPLETED cont’d Team website refined Web screenshot

Gantt chart updated Hardwood flooring ordered Weekly meeting established: every Tuesday, ME building or after class Project manager interviews completed Topic presentation on “Hoover Dam” completed WORK COMPLETED cont’d

 Decorate walls with pictures  Complete evaluating VPMi software  Prepare for team final presentation and project notebook  Update Gantt chart as the project progresses WORK TO BE COMPLETED

WHAT WENT RIGHT? Great communication among team members Team members successfully completed their assigned tasks on time Project manager manages the project efficiently

WHAT WENT WRONG? Delay of material delivery from Home Depot –Material was scheduled to be received last week –Delivery date was changed to the end of this week –Effect on project schedule: One week behind

ONE WEEK BEHIND SCHEDULE A BIT OVERBUDGET –The initial cost estimate does not include the small pieces such as the T-molding, hard surface reducer, and carpet transition. HOW’S OUR PROJECT DOING?

LIVING ROOM AREA